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#1 deniiiii21
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I am thinking of getting into IT, I am tired of my current job and would like to do something with computers. Anyone here already working or going to school for IT, I wanna know if its hard. I am thinking of doing Cisco CCNA but dont know much about it.

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It's nothing really hard in this world if you willing to do it. but it's boring, serious.
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Yes, it's a hard often thankless job. Fortunately, it's a job that is needed everywhere.
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I work in IT but on the data side of things.

I wouldnt recommend anything in the IT industry though because you are generally strapped with a pager you are expected to wakeup in the middle of the night and answer anytime it goes off.

If you are gonna do IT aim for QA or something, those guys get to work normal office hours.

EDIT: and in terms of the schooling, if you are good at math you should be fine. If math isnt a strong subject i wouldnt recommend it.

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I am thinking of getting into IT, I am tired of my current job and would like to do something with computers. Anyone here already working or going to school for IT, I wanna know if its hard. I am thinking of doing Cisco CCNA but dont know much about it.

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no you should learn programing it is always needed in IT and computer software and hardware industry there are alot of books and helps out there,
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Get CCNA and you'll need some administration experience. If you can't get a degree then look at MS certs (Server Administration, Client Administration, Exchange and Security would be useful too) also Red Hat cert (Technician or Engineer if possible). TBH though most high caliber jobs ask for a degree just to filter the applicants down, the fact that you may have more skill in administration dosn't matter, so you're best off looking at something like a Comp Sci degree.
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I know its best to have a lot of stuff on your resume, but I think computer science degree would take me 4 years and it would look great on my resume but I am not really aiming for top of the line jobs until I get some good experience, I wouldnt mind entry level jobs at first.

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I know its best to have a lot of stuff on your resume, but I think computer science degree would take me 4 years and it would look great on my resume but I am not really aiming for top of the line jobs until I get some good experience, I wouldnt mind entry level jobs at first.

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I don't think CCNA by itself will get you very far. All that does is qualify you fro setting up routers and such, which isn't that useful if you don't know how to configure the clients and servers at either end of the connection. I guess you could get A+ too and aim at a technician job, MS has a cert for help desk staff too.
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im doing ccna by myself, like the other dude said, its not super hard but boring

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[QUOTE="deniiiii21"]

I know its best to have a lot of stuff on your resume, but I think computer science degree would take me 4 years and it would look great on my resume but I am not really aiming for top of the line jobs until I get some good experience, I wouldnt mind entry level jobs at first.

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I don't think CCNA by itself will get you very far. All that does is qualify you fro setting up routers and such, which isn't that useful if you don't know how to configure the clients and servers at either end of the connection. I guess you could get A+ too and aim at a technician job, MS has a cert for help desk staff too.

That's true. If you are just looking for an entry level, you can get a lot of opportunities with just an A+ certification. IT is different than a lot of jobs because so many people learned what they know on their own without any formal education. If you get in an entry level job as maybe desktop support, field services, or junior network admin, you can work your way up from there. It will likely take a few years to work your way up.